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STATE HISTORIAN,

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and personal incidents necessary to make the book

attractive.

Comrades will please send me accounts of per-
sonal bravery, special duties performed, incidents
of camp, guard or battle, with short biographical
sketches, etc., etc.

John H. Stevenson,

No. 100 Fifth Avknc. l:.

PITTSBURG. PA,

tilt Soctdii # -One Biuttdrerith !

An account of its organization. Its pleasant re-
union.-. With the present post ofS.ce address of
over 500 survivors. 48 pages, handsomely gotten
up. Mailed to any address on receipt of 30 cents,

By the Secretary,

.IAS C. STEVENSON,

Box 984,

New Castle, Pa.

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PREFACE.

AT our 17th Reunion, held at Sharon, Pa., on the
30th of August. 1882, Prof. Bates delivered a very
interesting address, which was ordered to be published.

As it was not received in time for publication with the
report of the meeting, it was laid aside until a more ap-
propriate time.

Thinking his History of the Regiment, published by
authority of the State, would be instructive to the younger
generation, I concluded to publish it with a sample of
biographical sketches, and an incident of Battle-field
experience — such as the compiler of the story of the
Round Heads would be glad to have from members of
the Regiment in order to make our History what it
should be.

The perusal of this brief History may cause each one
to recall some of the spice of camp life with which to sea-
son the bare recital of facts, and thus make the reading
of the book a pleasure to the children and grand-children
of those who carried the swords and muskets on so many
battle-fields.

JAS. C. STEVENSON,

Secretary Society of the 100th P. V. V

ONE HUNDREDTH. REGIMEN'

THE One Hundredth, or as it was more commonly
known, the Round Head Regiment, was recruited in
the south-western counties of the State, originally settled
by the Round Heads of the English Revolution, and Uv
Scotch Irish Covenanters. Daniel Leasure, a citizen of
New Castle, who had since 1832 been connected either as
private oran officer with the State militia, and who. during
the three months' campaign, had served as Captain and
Adjutant of the Twelfth Regiment, received authority
from the Secretary of War, under date of August 6, J 861.
to recruit a regiment of infantry from among the descend-
ants of the Covenanters and of the men who had followed
Cromwell, whose leading characteristics had been a devo-
tion to the principles of liberty of person and of con-
science.

On the 28th of August the twelve different companies
recruited for this regiment assembled at Camp Wilkins.
in Pittsburgh. On the 31st were sworn into the U. S
service, and on the 2d of September was ordered to Wash-
ington, whither it at once proceeded, and upon its arrival
encamped on Kalorama heights. A formal organization
was soon after effected, and the following field officers
were selected and commissioned: Daniel Leasure, Colonel :
Captain James Armstrong, Lieutenant Colonel ; Captain
David A. Leckey. Major. Just previous to the organiza-
tion. General Casey, in command of provisional brigades
at Washington, issued an o**der transferring companies L
and M to the One Hundred and Fifth Regiment. Corn-
pan v L was accordingly thus transferred, and Captain
LMck, its commander, became Major of that regiment ; but
upon the representation oi Captain Leckey that his men

6 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT.

had been specially recruited for the Round Head Regi-
ment, company M was permitted to remain. It was brig-
aded on the 7th of October with the Eighth Michigan.
Colonel Fen ton, and the Fiftieth Pennsylvania, Colonel
Christ. As the ranking officer, Colonel Leasure was
placed in command of the brigade, and was ordered to
proceed with it to Annapolis, there to join the command
of General T. W. Sherman, destined to the coast of South
Carolina. Soon after its arrival, Colonel Leasure sent a
request to the Secretary of War, in behalf of the Round
Heads, that the Highlanders, Seventy- Ninth New York,
might be associated with them in the same brigade. This
request was granted, and on the 12th General Isaac I.
Stevens was assigned to its command. On the 19th the
fleet sailed from Annapolis and rendezvoused at Fortress
Monroe, whence on the 20th it set sail with sealed orders.
The Round Head Regiment and five companies of the
Fiftieth Pennsylvania were embarked together on the
Ocean Queen. On the second day out the fleet was over-
taken by a violent storm, which raged with unabated fury
for thirty six hours. On the morning of the 3d of Nov-
ember, all the other vessels of the fleet being out of sight,
< 'olonel Leasure opened his orders and read, "Sail for Port
Royal Entrance.'' which was the first intimation to any
one on board of its destination. On the 5th of November
the fleet arrived off Port Royal Entrance, and the eun-
boats proceeded to make soundings of the channel. On
the morning of the 7th the transports stood in for the en-
trance, and the gun-boats advanced to the attack of Forts
Walker and Beauregard, on the opposite points of Hilton
Head and Lady's islands. The troops, meantime, were
held in readiness to debark and attack by land ; but at
three o'clock P. M. the enemy was driven from his works
by the terrible broadsides of Dupont's powerful vessels,
and tied to the main land or adjacent islands. On the
same evening the troops lauded and took possession of

ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT.

the forts and islands. Strong fortifications were at once
begun, for which heavy details were made on the troops
of General Stevens' Brigade, who soon experienced much
sickness from fatigue, and the process of acclimation to
the delightful but malarious climate of a southern coast.
One month later General Sherman resolved to occupy a
point farther inland, upon the net work of islands which
the capture of Port Royal Entrance, on the 7th of Nov-
ember, had made accessible to the Union gun-boats
General Stevens was detailed with his brigade for this
purpose. The pleasant town of Beaufort was taken pos-
session of, and occupied as headquarters. The chief mili-
tary duty of the troops, for the next five or six months,
consisting in picketing Barnwell's and Port Royal islands.
on the Coosaw. across which on the main land, upon the
"Shell Road" leading to Charleston, a Rebel force was
stationed, covering the approaches to the railroad con-
necting Charleston and Savannah. The town of Beaufort.
with Port Royal and all the adjacent islands, had been
deserted by the white population since the battle of Nov-
ember 7th. To repress the boldness of the enemy in his
hostile demonstrations at Port Royal Ferry, on the morn-
ing of the 1st of January, 1862. General Stevens, with a
force of infantry and artillery, acting in conjunction with
two gun boats, crossed the Coosaw. drove the enemy from
his unfinished earthworks, and returned on the following
day to the ferry without loss. During the occupancy of
Beaufort and while at Hilton Head, many sickened, and
some died, among them Lieutenant James L. Banks, of
company F.and Orderly Sergeant McMillin, of company K.
Genera] Hunter, who had now relieved General Sher-
man in command of the Department, undertook the
reduction of Charleston. On the 1st of June General
Stevens, with the Round Heads, Highlanders, and the
Eighth Michigan, proceeded through Stono Inlet to James
Island, effecting a landing near Leirareville. Five com-

8 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT,

panics, A, F, D, I, and H, of the Round Heads, were on
the advance vessel with General Stevens, the six remain-
ing companies, under Colonel Leasure, followed immedi-
ately after. Companies D and H seized the village, while
the remaining forces moved up the island. The enemy
was driven from his works and all his shore batteries cap-
tured. Two heavy guns were subsequently taken in the
interior of the island by companies A, F, and I, and
brought in. The regiment lost in this engagement about
twenty killed and wounded. Captain Cline, of company
F, and fifteen men, were captured while skirmishing
without proper supports. Until the 15th, the regiment
was engaged in erecting forts and in performing guard
duty, and was almost constantly under fire from the
enemy's forts, lying in the meanwhile under shelter tents
in a low marsh, barely above tide water, and in constant
expectation of being attacked.

At evening on the 15th of June, the troops upon the
island were ordered to be in readiness early on the fol-
lowing morning to attack the enemy's works at the
Tower Fort, near Secessionville, a strong earthwork held
by the Rebel Colonel Lamar with a strong force, and com-
manding the approaches to Charleston by the James
Island causeway. General Stevens was to attack, and
General Wright to support on the left, and if need be.
assault the work on the north. Colonel Leasure was
placed in command of a brigade composed of his own.
the Seventy-ninth and Forty-sixth New York. At two
o'clock on the morning of the 10th the troops moved out
tor the attack. Au unaccountable delay occurred, and
the attacking party was not formed until broad daylight.
Colonel Fen ton's Brigade, which lead the assaulting
column, was swept and broken by a destructive fire, and
Colonel Leasure \s, which supported it, was soon in the
forefront. After a severe contest, lasting nearly an hour.
•luring which a number of both the Highlander and the

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Round Head regiments forced their way into the fort,
Colonel Benham, in chief command, ordered a retreat.
The narrow neck of ground over which the troops must
advance was barely sufficient to deploy one regiment, and
this was swept b}r the guns of the fort and from the rifle-
pits and defences in the rear. Of the four hundred and
twenty-one officers and men of the regiment who went
into the fight, one officer. Lieutenant Samuel J. Morrow,
and eight enlisted men were killed, two officers and thirty
men wounded, and six missing. General Stevens, in his
official report, says: "Colonel Fenton, in command of the
First Brigade, used every exertion to throw the Eighth
Michigan as far to the right as possible, and to bring on,
in support, the Seventh Connecticut, and the Twenty -
eighth Massachusetts; but the terrible fire of grape and
musketry from the enemy's works cut the two former
regiments in two, the right going to the right and the left
to the left, whither, finally, the whole of the Twenty-
eighth Massachusetts took its position, and where they
were joined, with scarcely an interval of time, by the One
Hundredth Pennsylvania and the Forty-sixth New York,
of Leasure's Brigade. These regiments had been brought
up with great promptness and energy by Colonel Leasure,
and the right of the One Hundredth had pushed up to,
and joined the Seventy-ninth in the charge. It was dur-
ing this brief period, of less than one-half hour — from
five to half-past five o'clock — that the greater portion of
the causalties occurred. * * * * * *

I must express my profound sense of the intrepid bearing
and soldierlv conduct of mv brigade commanders, Col-
onels Leasure and Fenton, who did everything that com-
manders could do to lead their respective brigades to the
attack; and it is mainly due to their exertions that their
lines of battle were maintained throughout the action. ":?:
Lieutenant Jefferson Justice, serving upon the staff of

*.}foore\* Rebellion Record, Vol. V, p. '212, Docs.

10 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT.

General Stevens,, and Lieutenant S. G. Leasure, Assistant
Adjutant General to the brigade, were commended for
their gallantry. After the battle, the hospitals, crowded
with the wounded, stood in urgent need of immediate
surgical aid. Colonel Leasure, whose profession was that
of medicine and surgery, at once volunteered, and ren-
dered most valuable assistance to the young surgeons in

charge.

Operations against Charleston having been suspended,
an evacuation of the island was ordered, and on the 4th
of Julv the brigade returned to Hilton Head, where,
among the accumulated mails, were the commissions for
the officers, from Governor Curtin, and an order declar-
ing the Round Head Regiment the One Hundredth of the
line. Lieutenant Colonel Armstrong, who had been in a
feeble state of health from disease contracted in the ser-
vice in Mexico, aggravated by a semi-tropical climate,
was forced to resign, and was succeeded by Major Leckey.
Captain Matthew A. Dawson being promoted to Major.
On the 13th. the brigade returned to Beaufort, and soon
after its arrival there was ordered to Virginia, whither it
proceeded on the ocean steamer Merrimac, then on her
trial trip. It went into camp at Newport News, where
it • was visited by a messenger from Governor Curtin.
bearing the State colors, which were presented to the

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iment by General Stevens, and were received in a patriotic
speech by Colonel Leasure. < hi the 4th of August, the
regiment was moved by transport to Aequia Creek; and
thence by rail to Fredericksburg, where the troops under
General Stevens from South Carolina, and those from North
Carolina, under General Btirnside/were united, and were
placed under the com maud of < General Reno, subsequently
known as the Ninth Corps. Pope's army of Northern
Virginia, consisting of the corps of Banks, Sigel, and
M'DoweH, holding the left bank of the Rapidan. was
threatened by ihe concentrated rebel army, and all avail-

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able forces were being pushed on to his assistance. On
the 13th, Stevens moved forward, and at Raccoon Ford
was brought to a stand to dispute the passage of the
enemy. After holding the position for three days, Gen-
eral Reno, who had now come up with the balance of his
corps, having discovered that the enemy, in greatly supe-
rior numbers, was in his front, decided to withdraw, and
at mid-night of the 19th, leaving the ford heavily pick-
eted, retired to the line of the Rappahannock, crossing
at Ely's Ford.

Then commenced a series of marches and counter-
marches, disputing the passage of the fords of the
Rappahannock, which continued until Stonewall Jackson
made his famous move to Manassas Junction, in the rear
of the Union army, when Reno's Corps started in pursuit,
being joined on the way by the division of Kearny.
From Greenwich the command followed to the old Bull
Run battle ground, where it encamped on the evening of
the 28th. At four o'clock on the following morning it
moved forward, and after passing through rocky and
wooded by-ways, forded Bull Run and debouched into
the open ground to the south of Centreville. Here,
about two hundred Union soldiers, captured and paroled
by Jackson, were met, who gave information of the prox-
imity of the rebel force. At eisiht o'clock, Stevens' Divi-
sion was divided, one brigade, under Colonel Christ, being
sent to the support of Kearny, one under Colonel Farns-
worth, to support Milroy, and the third, under Colonel
Leasure, to the assistance of Sigel. General Stevens re-
mained with Colonel Leasure, remarking that "it would
be the fighting brigade that day/' It was composed of
the One Hundredth, under Colonel Leckey, and four
com panics of the Forty-sixth New York, under Colonel
Rosa, the remaining live companies of this regiment being
detached for train guards.

At half-past ten A. M., when Sigel, who had borne the

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brunt of battle since early morn, was nearly outflanked.
and the enemy was preparing a new attack against his
centre, Kearny's and Stevens' divisions came to his aid.
By direction of General Stevens, Lieutenant Benjamin's
Battery of twenty-pounder Parrott's relieved Captain
Dilger's Battery, on the crest of a hill, immediately
on the left of the Warrenton Turnpike, and simultane-
ously Colonel Leasure's two regiments were deployed in
line of battle for its support. The enemy was checked,
and companies A, F, D, I, and M, of the One Hundredth
were sent forward as skirmishers, taking position in the
valley a quarter of a mile in advance, and keeping up a
galling fire, Benjamin's guns in the meantime throwing
shot and shell over their heads. The enemy seemed de-
termined to carry that position, and at one time five
batteries were concentrating their fire upon it. But Ben-
jamin steadily held his ground until his ammunition
began to fail him. In taking position, one of his caissons,
well filled, had been accidentally overturned and aban-
doned, at a point about two hundred yards to the left and
front of his present position, much exposed to the enemy's
fire. Company G, Captain S. H. Brown, was ordered to
bring it up. With intrepid daring it was led under the ene-
my's fire and brought the heavily laded caisson, now sorely
needed, safely off. Benjamin now increased his fire, and
soon silenced a number of the enemv's 2;uns. But one of
his own had bten struck by a solid shot and rendered
useless, and another, by the premature explosion of a
shell, had been disabled, and still another had lost nearly
all its men. But until his ammunition was all spent, the
remaining guns were kept in play. They were then with-
drawn, and soon after the only remaining division of
Sigel, on the left, fell back. Stevens was then ordered to
retire. In the face of a terrible fire, now redoubled, it
was with difficulty that the skirmishers could be with-
drawn, but was successfully accomplished under the di-

ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 13

rection of Lieutenant Gilliland. The enemy, now no
longer deterred by the battery's fire, moved heavy masses
of infantry obliquely in front of its late position, across
the Warrenton Turnpike, and gained a most important
position in a piece of wood, where the heaviest fighting
occurred iu the after part of the day, in which, with other
troops, the One Hundredth suffered fearful loss. Leasure's
Brigade had not retired a quarter of a mile, when it was
ordered to the support of Roemers Battery, on the north
side of the turnpike, in an orchard somewhat to the rear
of the former position. It was now nearly night, and the
troops had suffered severely. They had scarcely reached
their position, when an order came from Reno directing
Stevens to support Kearny, who was enveloped in the
woods to the right, on the line of the abandoned track of
the Gap Railroad. Stevens had but this small brigade,
the rest of his division having been ordered from him
early in the day ; but no time was to be lost, and moving
off by the right flank at double quick, Colonel Leasure
put his command in position for a charge. At that in-
stant General Kearny came dashing up and demanded of
Stevens where his troops were. Stevens pointed to the
barely five hundred that stood about him. In his abrupt
way, Kearny asked if they would fight. "Yes," said
Stevens, with an oath, ''these are my Round Heads."
Dropping his bridle rein, with an impetuous gesture, in
the direction of the enemy, with his only arm, he said to
Colonel Leasure, "Sweep everything before you." Com-
panies A and B of the One Hundredth were thrown for-
ward as skirmishers, and the line quickly put in motion
towards the low wooded ground where the enemy lay
concealed. As they advanced, artillery and infantry
were opened upon them, which told fearfully on their
already shattered ranks. As the line approached, a well
directed lire was poured upon the enemy, before which
he recoiled. At this juncture an aid from ( General Kearnv

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came up, and informed Colone Lleasure that the enemy
was occupying a cut in the old Gap Road a short distance
to the front, and to the left of the position he then held.
Obliquing to the left, the line charged, and as the enemy
scrambled up the opposite bank of the cut, it poured in a
destructive fire and seized the abandoned position. Soon
the enemy opened a heavy tire. General Stevens' horse
and that of his orderly were both killed. Seeing that it
was useless to attempt to hold the position against the
overwhelming force that was bearing down upon him, he
ordered Colonel Leasure to fall back before the way was
completely cut off. The order was accordingly given.
and as he was moving, the Colonel had his horse shot
under him. and himself received a painful wound. Of
the four hundred and fifty who had joined in this last
charge, but one hundred and ninety-eight came back un-
hurt, Captains William F. Templeton, Simeon H. Brown,
James S. Van Gorden, and Lieutenants Philo P. Ryan
and E. J. R. Spencer were killed or mortally wounded,
and Lieutenants John P. Blair and Thomas H. Curt were
severely wounded.

Taking up a new line, the command was soon after
joined by the other brigades of the division, and rested
on its arms during the night. Colonel Leasure and Major
Dawson having both been wounded and sent to hospital,
the command of the brigade devolved on Lieutenant
Colonel Leckey, that of the regiment on Captain James
E Cornelius. Early on the morning of the 30th, the
battle was renewed, and continued, with varying success,
during the day: but the Union army was finally forced
to retire before the overwhelming numbers of the enemv,
and at night fell back to Centreville.

The following day was the Sabbath. The fight was
not renewed. Lee was too cautious to attack Pope on the
heights of Centreville. but ordered Jackson, with his
corps, to pass around the Union army, and attempt to

ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 15

cut its communications with Washington. The objective
point of the movement was Fairfax Court House, but
Jackson's advance was met and hurled back at Ox Hill,
near Chantilly, while yet several miles distant from that
place. Pope, aware of Jackson's movement, had on Mon-
day, September 1st, massed several corps in the vicinity
of Fairfax Court House, and pushed Reno northward, to-
ward Chantilly, in the direction of Jackson's advance.
The One Hundredth had been hastily marched out of
bivouac, and now at five o'clock formed, advancing in
column through a meadow, then a wood, the Forty-sixth
New York following, and the Seventy ninth New York
skirmishing in advance. Emerging from the wood into
a field but partially cleared, the column encountered a
rapid fire of musketry from the enemy. General Stevens,
dismounting, hastily formed his lines of battle in person,
and promptly drove the enemy back beyond the partially
cleared ground, and into the edge of a field of corn. In
these two fields the battle was fought. Jackson's entire
corps was in line of buttle in front, Reno's Corps, now re-
duced to two slender divisions, being much inferior in
numbers. General Kearny, however; with a part of his
division, was in the rear. In fifteen minutes after the
action began. General Stevens, while forming the Seventy-
ninth New York in line of battle, was instantly killed
by a musket ball in the head. Shortly after, a furious
rain began to fall, accompanied with thunder and light-
ning. By this time General Birney, with four regiments
of Kearny's Division, had been ordered in, and the enemy
was driven back still farther through the corn. General
Kearny, riding up to the One Hundredth, now without
ammunition, asked support for a battery. The men re-
sponded with a cheer. The battery (Randolph's) was
placed in position and brought to bear over the heads of
Birney's men, though the darkness prevented any accuracy
"t aim. A few minutes later General Kearny, while

16 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT.

reconnoitering, rode into the enemy's lines, and asking.
k'What troops are these, " discovered his mistake, but re-
ceived a fatal bullet after he had turned his horse's head
and was galloping away. As he did not return, General
Birney, presuming he had been captured, assumed com-
mand and gallantly maintained the action, pushing for-
ward two fresh regiments, the Thirty-eighth New York
and Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania. Our troops remained
in possession of the field and kindled fires, which the cold
rain had rendered especially necessary. The action was
now over. Before day the field was evacuated by our
victorious regiments, which with the entire army fell back
upon Washington. Captain Cornelius, in command of
the regiment, was severely wounded, and after suffering
for a long time was discharged on account thereof. Cap-
tain R. J. Ross and Lieutenant Samuel R. Grace were
wounded. The loss was two killed and thirty-four
wounded.

The invasion of Maryland followed close upon the de-
feat of Pope in Virginia? In the battle of South Moun-
tain, on the 14th of September, the regiment participated,
and in the charge up the mountain suffered severely,
losing eight killed and twenty-eight wounded. In the
battle of Antietam, on the 17th. having lost nearly all its
line officers, it was not actively engaged. After advanc-
ing as skirmishers until the battle had opened, it was
relieved and held in reserve during the rest of the day.
Its loss was one killed and four wounded. On the 18th.
MorelTs Division of Porter's Corps relieved Reno's late
command, the latter retiring, and on the 19th encamping
near the mouth of the Antietam Creek. On the 11th of
October the brigade, which now consisted of the One
Hundredth, the Forty-fifth Pennsylvania, and Thirty-
sixth Massachusetts, was sent to Frederick City to inter-
cept the rebel General Stuart on his raid to Chambersbnrg,
but was unsuccessful. Soon afterwards Colonel Leasure,

ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 17

who had now returned from hospital, was sent to Wash-
ington, by General Burnside, to bring up the absentees
and convalescents of the Ninth Corps, assembled in camp
near the city. About four thousand were thus added to
its strength, two hundred of whom belonged to the One
Hundredth Regiment. In November, soon after the
return of the army to Virginia, General W. W. Burns was
assigned to the command of the division, and Colonel
Leasure, who had temporarily held command, returned
to his brigade.

On the 19th of November, the corps arrived opposite
Fredericksburg and went into camp. On the following
day the regiment was sent to construct a corduroy road
upon the way leading to Belle Plain, the base of supply,
returning on the 25th. The Ninth Corps now formed
part of the right grand division of the army, commanded
by General Sumner. On the 12th of December the regi-
ment crossed the river, and with the corps occupied the
city of Fredericksburg. Burns' Division was assigned to
the support of Hancock, and was afterwards sent to the
assistance of Franklin, on the left During the progress
of the battle on the 13th, the division lay in reserve
awaiting the order to advance, which was momentarily
expected. At midnight, Colonel Leasure was directed to
move his brigade to position on the left of General Stone-
man, which was promptly done, but at daylight returned
again to its former position. The battle was not renewed
on the 14th. At dusk, on the 15th, Colonel Leasure was
ordered to send his most reliable skirmish regiment to
report to General Sumner. The One Hundredth was select-
ed. It was pushed forward towards the enemy, and
deployed to cover the retreat. But so quietly and skil-
fully was the withdrawal accomplished, that the suspic-
ions of the enemy were not aroused, and the troops all
crossed in safety without molestation. Near the close of
the year. Lieutenant Colonel Leckey resigned, and was

18 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT.

succeeded by Major Dawson. Captain James H. Cline
was subsequently promoted to Major.

Early in the year 1863, General Burnside was placed in
command of the Department of the Ohio, and two divi-
sions of his old corps were ordered to Kentucky to report
to him. Rendezvousing at Fortress Monroe, these divi-
sions proceeded via Baltimore, Parkersburg, and Cincin-
nati to Lexington, Kentucky, where the One Hundredth
arrived on the morning of the 28th of March. After re-
maining in camp a week, the regiment moved to Camp
Dick Robinson, and was subsequently at Middleburg and
Columbia. While at the latter place General Welsh was
assigned to the command of the division, and the brigade
was re-organized and made to comprise the One Hun-
dredth Pennsylvania, Seventy-ninth New York, Second.
Eighth, and Twentieth Michigan.

Early in June the corps was ordered to the support of
Grant at Vicksburg, and embarking at Louisville upon
transports proceeded to Young's Point, on the Mississippi,
but shortly after returned to Snyder's Bluff, and debark-
ing, marched to Milldale Church, in rear of the besieging
army, and took position facing towards the Big Black,
where the rebel General Johnston had collected a large
force, with the design of raising the siege and relieving
the beleaguered garrison. As soon as the forces were set-
tied in camp, details were made for fatigue duty in felling
timber and intrenching the position. On the 29th the
command moved some ten miles further out and took
position at Flower Hill Church, to guard the fords of the
Big Black, where it remained until the ever memorable
4th of July, when Vicksburg was surrendered. General
Sherman immediately moved with a part of Grant's forces
and the Ninth Corps to attack Johnston, who had fallen
back to Jackson. Bridging the Big Black, the First Di-
vision crossed at four o'clock on the afternoon of the 4th.
On the 10th, the- advance entered the enemy's picket

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lines near the Insane Asylum, just out of the city. Line
of battle was formed, and advanced to within three hun-
dred yards of the enemy's works. The brigade held the
extreme left, its left resting on the Pearl River, where it
was exposed to an enfilading fire from the enemy's bat-
teries. This position was held until the night of the 13th,
when the brigade was relieved by the Fourth Brigade.
The loss in the command during this time was considera-
ble, the men being obliged to remain prostrate upon the
ground, many a poor fellow being struck dead where he
lay. On the morning of the 17th, it was discovered th?t
the enemy had evacuated, when the city was quickly oc-
cupied by the Union troops. On the morning of the 18th,
the brigade marched to Madison Station, where it was
engaged in destroying the railroad. Upon its return, it
moved with the corps back to its old camp at Milldale.
The campaign, though short, had been sharp, the heat of
the weather added to the fatigue and anxiety experienced,
and worse than all, the abominable water of the Yazoo
and the Big Black, telling fearfully upon the health and
spirits of the men.

From Yicksburg the corps, now under command of
General Parke, was ordered to East Tennessee. Moving
by boat to Cairo, the regiment proceeded by rail to Cin-
cinnati, and thence to Camp Nelson, in Kentucky.
While here, many of the men were attacked with a fever
of a malarious congestive type, of which many died,
among them Commissary Sergeant, James Henderson.
When the division started on the 25th of September for
Fast Tennessee, one fourth of the men in the regiment
were left in hospital, and many of those who moved with
the column were greatly enfeebled by disease. At Blue
Spring the enemy was met, and a brisk engagement en*
sued, in which his intrenched position was carried and
his forces scattered. From Knoxville, to which place the
troops soon after returned, the division marched to Lenoir

20 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT.

Station, on the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad,
where the regiment went into camp and erected comforta-
ble quarters. It was hardly settled before Leasure's Brig-
ade was ordered, by telegram from General Burnside, at
Knoxville, to proceed thither without delay, the enemy
having attacked and captured some troops of the Twenty-
third Corps, and further trouble being anticipated. It
was evening when the order was received, and at day-
break on the following morning it had arrived and re-
ported for duty to the commanding general. Its services,
however, were not needed, and for four days, from the
6th to the 10th of November, the troops were held in
waiting, exposed, to intense cold, without shelter tents.
At the end of that time it returned to its camp at Lenoir,
but on the morning of the 14th it was ordered to return,
with all possible dispatch, to Knoxville. Longstreet helv-
ing crossed the Tennessee at Kingston, and now threaten-
ing to cut off the troops south of the city. Seven companies
of the One Hundredth were detailed as escort to the divi-
sion train, which was immediately put in motion, and the
remaining three, A, F, and D, under Captain Hamilton,
were detailed to remain and destroy government property
at Lenoir. The Union troops reached Campbell's Station
first, and a stand was made which enabled the trains to
reach Knoxville in safety. Entrenchments were hastily
thrown up for the defence of the city, and on the morn-
ing of the 17th, the troops had all arrived and were in
position. Longstreet laid siege and closely invested the
place. Frequent charges and assaults were delivered by
the enemy, bin without advantage, and on the morning
of the 20th, a grand assault on Fort Saunders, the princi-
pal work, defended by the First Division. With deter-
mined bravery his troops advanced, some of them reach-
ing the ditch in its front, but were finally repulsed with
great slaughter. The .<iege was continued until the 4th
of December, when, learning that General Sherman was

ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 21

coming up' on his rear with a strong detachment from
Grant's army at Chattanooga, Longstreet retreated towards
Virginia, and the garrison, which was suffering for want
of provision, was relieved.

On the 9th of December, the command marched to near
Rutledge, and on the 18th to Blaine's Cross Roads. On
the 1st of January, 1864, while subsisting on less than
two ears of corn a day per man, the entire regiment, with
the exception of twenty-seven, re-enlisted to the number
of three hundred and sixty-six, for a second term of three
years, and immediately started for home on a veteran fur-
lough. The mid-winter march over the Cumberland
Mountains was very severe, many of the men being bare-
foot and without adequate clothing, no supply trains
having reached Knoxville during the continuance of the
siege. At Cincinnati the regiment was paid, and on the
8th of Februarv reached Pittsburg, when the men were
dismissed to return to their homes.

On the 8th Of March the veterans rendezvoused at Camp
Copeland, near Pittsburg, and with them a sufficient num-
ber of recruits, who had been gathered in during the brief
furlough, to raise its combined strength to nine hundred
and seventy-seven men. A few days later, the regiment
proceeded to Annapolis, Maryland, the rendezvous of the
Ninth Corps, where it was brigaded. with the Twenty-first
Massachusetts, and the Third Maryland, forming the
Second Brigade of the First Division, and Colonel Leasure
placed in command. Leaving Annapolis, the brigade
reached Bealton Station on the 2d of May. and having
moved with Grant's arm}- to the Wilderness, on the night
of the 5th was placed on picket. At daylight on the follow-
ing morning it was relieved and ordered to duty as guard to
the corps artillery. The Ninth Corps was an independent
command, and was regarded as a reserve to the army:
but the enemy attacking in great force, it was ordered in,
and the brigade, which was in rear of the artillerv, was

22 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT.

directed to pass it, and report to General Hancock, of the
Second Corps. It was posted by General Mott, of that
corps, in breast-works thrown up near the Brock Road :
but soon afterwards, Colonel Leasure was directed to lead
his brigade over the works, into the dense woods in front,
find the enemy's position, and if possible, attack him in
flank. The first onset of the day was now over, and each
side seemed content to rest on its arms and re-adjust the
shattered lines. As the brigade moved over the recently
contested ground, the dead and wounded of both sides
lay thickly strewn on every hand. The forest had been
fired, the flames, consuming and devouring the dry leaves,
were rapidly approaching them. The skirmish line,
which was a few paces in front of the line of battle, ad-
vancing at a trail arms, discovered the enemy approach-
ing, but before the command could deliver its fire, his
line about faced and moved rapidly out of sight. The
brigade immediately changed front to the left, and
marched to meet a flank movement of the enemy in that
direction, but on discovering our troops advancing, he
again fell back, and it moved on in the original direction.
After pushing a half mile through the dense underbrush,
it was discovered that the enemy had retired to his earth-
works, where he was awaiting an attack. The object of
the reconnoissance having been accomplished, it returned
and was warmly complimented by General Hancock for
its efficient service. Much exhausted, it was led back a
little in rear of the line of breast-works, where it rested.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the enemy suddenly
opened a furious attack upon the line a little to the left
of the point where the brigade was lying. In a short
time the breast-work, which was made of dry losis and
rails, was fired by the enemy's shells, and instantly blazed
up, making the ground untenable, and the troops occupy-
ing them fell back. Seeing this, other troops further to
the right were seized with a panic, and retreated in con-

ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 23

fusion, the enemy occupying the abandoned works. At
this juncture. Colonel Leasure ordered the One Hun-
dredth, and the Twenty -first Massachusetts, to charge.
and following up with the Third' Maryland, routed the
enemy and re-captured the lost works, securing many
prisoners and several stands of colors. The losses in the
One Hundredth were fortunately light ; Captain J. H.
Pentecost was severely wounded in the final charge. The
brigade remained in possession of the captured works
until the following afternoon, when it was relieved and
re-joined the division.

On the 9th, the corps crossed the Ny River, and took
position in front of Spottsylvania Court House, where
General Stevenson, in command of the division, was
killed. Colonel Leasure was directed to assume command
and push the enemy back towards the Court House,
which was accomplished with only small loss. On the
12th, the fighting was renewed, and continued during the
entire day and far into the night, falling heavily upon
the Ninth Corps, the One Hundredth Regiment sustain-
ing considerable loss. In the severe engagements at the
North Anna, on the 28th of May, and at Cold Harbor, on
the 2d of June, the regiment participated, and in the lat-
ter. Lieutenant David J. Gilfillan was killed.

After crossing the James, the regiment was warmly en-
gaged in a series of battles in front of Petersburg, prelude
to the siege, in which Captain Leander C. Morrow was
killed, and Lieutenant Colonel Matthew M. Dawson was
mortally wounded. The mine, which was exploded on
the 30th of July, had been excavated within the lines of
the Ninth Corps, and in the movements which were im-
mediately inaugurated the regiment participated, in which
Captain Walter C. Oliver, and Lieutenants Richard P.
Craven and Samuel G. Leasure were killed, and Major
Thomas J. Hamilton, in command of the regiment, was
mortally wounded and taken prisoner.

24 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT.

On the 19th of August, the enemy attacked the Union
forces while occupying a position upon the Welden Rail-
road, and pushing his way through between the lines of
the Fifth and Ninth Corps, achieved some success. In
this encounter the One Hundredth was engaged, and
again on the 21st, when the enemy made a determined
effort to dislodge the Fifth Corps, but was finally foiled
in his attempts. On the 30th of September the lines
were again extended to the left, and at a point near Pop-
lar Spring Church two strong forts, a mile and a half of
rifle pits, and two guns, were captured. The enemy
finally flanked a division of the Ninth Corps, and a severe
struggle ensued. The regiment fortunately sustained
only small loss. In the movement upon Hatcher's Run,
on the 27th of October, it was again engaged, in which
some prisoners were taken, but the enemy was found
strongly posted. During the winter, the regiment re-
mained in quarters with the corps. At. the moment when
the Union forces were about to move on the spring cam-
paign, the rebel leader massed his troops, and before light
on the morning of the 25th of March, made a sudden at-
tack upon Fort Steadman, with the design of breaking
the lines and destroying vast military stores at City Point.
The fort was captured and considerable advantage gained,
but was promptly met by forces of the Ninth Corps, and
the effect of the blow inflicted quickly repaired. In this
encounter the One Hundredth was en^aned, and Lieuten-
ant Colonel Joseph H. Pentecost was killed. The final
assault upon the city of Petersburg, on the 2d of April,
closed the long list of engagements in which the regi-
ment, during its four years of service, had participated.
It soon after returned to City Point, and thence to Wash-
ington and Ilarrisburg. where, on the 21th of July, it
was mustered out of service.

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COLONEL DANIEL LEASURE.

Daniel Leasure, Colonel of the One Hundredth (Round
Head) Regiment and Brevet Brigadier-General, was born
in Westmoreland county, on the 18th of March, 1819.
His great-grand-father, Abraham Leasure, emigrated to
Pennsylvania from the borders of Switzerland, near
France, whither the ancesters of the family had fled after
the massacre of St Bartholomew, they being Huguenots
of Navarre. He studied medicine and graduated at Jef-
ferson Medical College. He was married in September.
1842, to Isabel W-*. eldest daughter of Samuel Hamilton,
for several years a member of the Pennsjdvania Legisla-
ture.

He had served in the militia, and at the opening of the
Rebellion, raised a company and was made Adjutant, and
also acting Assistant Adjutant-General of the brigade
upon the staff of General Negley. At the close of the
three months' term he was authorized to raise a veteran
regiment. Lawrence county, where he had taken up his
residence, had been largely settled by the descender) ts of
those who had followed Cromwell in the struggles of the
English people for liberty, and from among these he drew
recruits, appropriately designating it the Round Head
Regiment. Colonel Leasure was first sent to the Depart-
ment of the South, where his command formed part of
the brigade of General Isaac I. Stevens. In the attack
upon the Tower Fort near Secessionville, on the morning
of the 16th of June, 1802, Colonel Leasure led the brigade,
and won the commendation of General Stevens. Irr the
battle of Second Bull Run, Colonel Leasure, while leading
his brigade, had his horse shot under him, and himself
received a severe wound. He recovered in time to take

26 OXE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT.

part in the tattle of Fredericksburg, and soon after went
with two divisions of the Ninth Corps, to winch he was
then attached, to Kentucky, and thence to Vicksburg,
where, and at Jackson, he participated in those triumph-
ant achievements which opened the Mississippi and really
broke the backbone of the Rebellion.

From Vicksburg he proceeded with his troops to East
Tennessee, and was active in the operations of the Union
arms in that region and in the siege of Knoxville. At
the battle of the Wilderness on the 6th of May, where he
commanded a brigade, he led in a charge which hurled
the rebels from works which they ha*d captured from
Union troops, and re-established the broken and disorgan-
ized line, receiving the thanks of General Hancock on the
field. At Spottsylvania Court House, Colonel Leasure
was wounded. At the conclusion of his term on the 30th
of August, 18(34. he was mustered out of service. He
was bre vetted Brigadier- General in April, 1805. Upon
his return to civil life he resumed the practice of his pro-
fession, first at New Castle and subsequently in Allegheny,
And is at present practicing at his profession in St. Paul.
Minn.

CHAPLAIN ROOT. AUDLEY BROWNE.

Robert Audley Browne, D. D., for nearly three years
Chaplain of the One Hundredth Pa. Vols., was born De-
cember 3rd, 1821. in Steubenville, Ohio. He was reared
in Pittsburg, graduated from the Western University ot
that place, at the age of nineteen ; and was licensed to
preach at the age of twenty-one. When the first shot
was tired on Fort Sumpter in April 18(31. became forward
promptly, and by his speeches, sermons, and prayers as-
sisted in the raising of troops in defence of the old Hag.

ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 27

When the One Hundredth Regiment, then known as
''Round Heads'7 was organized, he joined it as their Chap-
lain, sharing in all hardships and perils by land and sea.
Although he carried no weapons he was in the front in
every fight; and when some rebel sharpshooter singling
him out as the one in command, sent his leaden message,
— saying "beware" the Chaplain would simply say to one
of our boys, "I wish some of you would reply to that fel-
low, I do not know why he wants to hurt me." I well
remember in the battle of Chantilly during a terrible
storm of thunder and lightning, just as the big rain drops
commenced falling, only a little more thickly than the
rebel bullets were Hying, the Chaplain's tall slim figure
passed along in front of the line, and in as calm a tone as
if he had been reading one of David's Psalms he said.
uBoys, remember Cromwell. Trust in God and keep your
powder dry." It had its effect. Although nearly all had
their minds made up to run, we concluded if he could
stand it, we could. We held our ground, repulsed the
rebel charge, and thus prevented Jackson from getting
entirely in the rear of Pope's Army, but not without the
loss of many a good man, among which was General Isaac
I. Stevens, commanding our division, and General Phil.
Kearney who brought his division in just at the close of
the fight. I often think it was Chaplain Browne's cool
courage and magnetic influence that prevented our brig-
ade from running, and thus gave us the first and only
victory in that disastrous campaign.

INCIDENT

FURNISHED BY ROBERT ADLER, OF COMPANY F.

In the first engagement we got into on the James Island
we lost our captain and sixteen men taken prisoners, one

28 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT.

of whom, John C. Sampson, died in prison in South Car-
olina.

This reminds me of a little circumstance that occurred
that morning, June 3rd, 1862. About three hundred offi-
cers and men of the One Hundredth were marched out
from camp to some negro shanties to reconnoitre. Here
an aid-de-camp rode up. ordered a halt, and directed
Captain Cline to pick out sixteen good men and advance
them as far as they could go in the direction of Fort
Sumpter. Half the number were taken from D, and half
from F. I was then a Sergeant, and put in charge of the
squad. I thought it a foolish errand, and such it proved.
After marching nearly a mile I ordered a halt, and climb-
ed a small tree, from which I had a clear, but not long
view of Fort Sumpter, for I had scarcely taken the Fort
well in, when a noise caused me to look back. It was
a lively sight. A line of Johnnies were advancing from
the cover of a wood directly upon our troops about one-
half a mile away. I thought my squad and I were doom-
ed to have our home in ''Dixie'' for a while, to avoid
which no time was to be lost. I don't think I was very
dignified in my orders to retreat. It was "git, boys/" I
set the example, dropping at once out of the tree and mak-
ing a "Maud S" speed for the negro shanties, bringing
awav mv stln and all my accoutrements, minus mv cap.
and if I do say it myself, getting in ahead of the men,
two- thirds of whom threw away guns, cartridge boxes.
and everything else. My opinion always was that the
whole James Island expedition was a failure, unless we
2*et credit for killing a vast number of the largest kind of
mosquitoes while we were there.

ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. 29

POEMS

BY DR. HORACE B. Dt'RANT,

Who served as a Private in Company A, from August 27th, 1S61, to March 23d, lsti4,
when he was promoted to Assistant surgeon, in which capacity he served until the
Regiment was mustered out of the service.

fl. NIGHT flT SEA.

The night came down in murky gloom ; the winds grew shrill and loud,
And swept like wail of human pain, through spar, and sail, and shroud ;
The ebon clouds, like trampling steeds, lied o'er the wrathful sky,
While crowned with crest of fiery foam, the waves rolled mountain high.

On board the noble "Ocean Queen," full fifteen hundred men
Were rocking oti the tossing deep, from far-off glade and glen,
And Pennsylvania's throbbing heart went forth in fervent prayer
For all her noble, patriot sons, that hour imperiled there.

O, yes ! full, many a prayer went up, yet little did they know
The tempest wing that flapped above, the surge that yawned below ;
Or that we paced careening decks with calm yet hopeless trend,
That hollow sounded 'neath our feet, like coffins for the dead! .

We were not all alone upon the ocean wild and dark ;
For well we knew that by our side sailed many a gallant bark,
And well we knew if we should meet together on the wave,
The fathomless abyss would close above our mutual grave!

'Tis vivid in our mem'ry still, how, all that fearful night.

We stood aloft and tried" to pierce the gloom with straining sight ;

While ever and anon the lightning's red and blinding flash

Came, swiftly heralding the leaping thunder's awful crash ;

And, mingled with the hissing spray, down came the slanting rain,

That swept across the trembling decks, and smote the cheek with pain !

Ah ! it was painful, list'ning there, to hear the timbers creak-
Creak all the long. long night, as though they su tiering >trove to speak ;
'twas sad to hear~the lab'ring wheel turn with a plunging groan,
Within the hollow trough of waves, amid the tempest's moan.

It made the heart grow still with awe to hear the billows smite.
Like giant blows against the bow. and thunder by in might ;
And one could not but feel, the while, that He alone could save
Who rules supreme upon the land, and calms the tossing wave.

Long years may pass, and either scenes from memory fade away,

Vet, "Roundheads" ye can ne'er forget that night of storm and spray ;

And oft ill summer twilight still ye'll »it within the door.
And to an eager list'uiug band relate your perils o'er;
Or, when the drifted snows lie de» p, on upland, glade ami lea,
Ye'll tell, beside the blazing tire, that night upon the sea /

Company A, 100th Reg. P. V., Beaufort, s. (.'., Sov. 30tb, 1861.

30 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT.

A SOLDIER'S MUSINGS.

b'ive months have gone, I did not think they'd pa*s so soon away ;
For time, though short, at hest seems long, when far from home we stray
Ami ah! to lead a soldier's life, 'mid weariness and pain
Makes ahsenee often seem to be a heavy galling chain.

The southern sky bends bright afcove, the trees wave green below.

And hero beside me as I dream the ebbing waters flow ;

The prospect all around is fair where'er the eye may roam,

And soft airs fan my thoughtful brow, but, ah ! this is not 'not home.

Oh ! for my native hi'l* again, the vales, and brooks, and -streams,
Where I have strayed in autumn time, amid its golden dream.

Oh for the voice of the loved, the eyes that looked on me,

The hands so often clasped in mine, beneath the vine clad tree.

Ah ! well do I remember still, that last, long lingering look.
Which, turning around upon the hill, with swelling heart I took.
The evening shades were falling fa^t, around the dear old spot —
\V hile there I bade a fond farewell unto my father's cot.

Me thinks I feel my mother's kiss, still warm upon my cheek —
The kiss she gave at patting there,— I strove but could not speak.
I see my sisters bow their heads, to hide their flowing tears,
While standing by in sad calm thought my father's form appears.

God grant we all may meet again, when battle storms shall cease,
And this fair land shall gladly smile within the li^ht of peace.
Then shall we talk in summer eve, of all the thrilling past,
Or paint in scenes by blazing fire, lulled by the wjntry blast.

Beaufort, S. C, May 25th, 1SG2.

A MIDNIGHT SCENE AT YICKSBUR.G.

By Mississippi's mighty tide, our camp-fire's flickering glow,
- si umbering, tented men. are burning dim and low

Like bank of rugged, slumh'ring cloud-, against the sapp

1 on the frowning height

IjiKe oanK oi ruiri*eu, siumo rni^ ri<uiu-, ;i-u"i>
There, Vieksburg stands upon the slope, and or
While .spire ami dome gleam -trangely out, upo

II the fearful night.

ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT. Si

Aye, there is fear within the gloom, such fear as guilt may know,

When in has drawn upon its crimes the swift, avenging blow ;

There is no slumber to the eyes, that gaze with horror dread,

Upon the upturned, ghastly face of all the mangled dead!

There is no peace to those, who list the shriek of woe and pain,

That never ceasing, rises from the weeping and the slain !

Proud one. thy hour of doom is traced upon yon burning wall;

And, girt around with armed hosts, thy boasted strength shall fall.

Isee, where the smoke of battle hangs, above the water's breast !

Look, how it wreathes yon trodden heights, and winds along their crest !

Arouud, above, both friend and foe, the dead, the dying— all —

It floats, and wraps the awful scene in one vx-t funeral pall !

Look there — that blinding. flash, close by the dim and winding shore!
8ee how the burning shell mounts up! list to its awful roar!
The shell ! up — higher, higher still ! the zenith reached at last,
Down, down it goes in fiery curve, in thunder bursts— 'tis pust —
Another— there, and there ! with scream, and circling: orb of lire,
They shoot athwart the skies! look there, it bursts above that spire!
List ! list ! did ye not hear that cry, that shrieking came away,
'VYhere fell that dreadful, blazing holt, to mangle and to slay ?
Did ye not hear that awful crash of shivered timbers, then."
As bursting down thro' roof and dome, 'mongst children, women, men,
Amid the cow'ring throng it fell, and with sulphurous breath.
Spread fiery ruin all around, within that place of death ?

The ramparts answer! flash on flash, run all along the line !
And many a hi.-.-in;_r, gleaming track, athwart the heavens >hine!
'Tis all in vain ! their shot and shell fall short of every mark,
Or, wildly erring, sullen plunge beneath the waters dark.
'Tisall in vain ; our marksmen true, with an unerring aim,
Behind those very ramparts lie. and bathe them red with flame!
No foeman bold, above those works, may show his daring form ;
Down sentry, gunner, soldier, go, before our leaden storm !

Those frowning battlements, the dark rebellion's trust,
With all its hopes, thy strength and pride, must topple to the dust!
These water- mingling from afar, as they sweep to the sea,
Proclaim that they must still be ours— that they must still be free!
The time'll come, when these proud hills, no niore shall quake with dread,
Beneath their grassy breast shall lie these heaps of gory dead ;
Redeemed from slav'ry's blighting curse, the battle's war shall cease,
And all Columbia's wide domain, shall smile with thrift and peace.
.June 16, 1^'i-i.

BATTLE OF FORT SAUNDERS.

The battle-smoke hangs dim beneath November's morning sun,
Hah' veiling with it- circling wreath, a scene ol vict'ry won.
Ah. what ascetic? the gory ground is strewn with mangled heap
While like the autumn leave- around, the Stricken warrior bleeps

32 ONE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT.

See, in the trenches where they lie, and 'neath the parapet,
How hundreds madly rushed to die, with deadly vengeance met.
Behold that look of grim despair, left on that face of stone!
Methinks, death's hand has painted there, the very dying groan!

Scarce has the sun, with rising hearn, looked on a scene so dread ;
Scarce has the slumb'rer's midnight dream, at morn so awful fled !
What are they now, but lifeless clay, with all their hope and pride ;
Their very names shall fade away, none care that they have died.

See where the pit yawns wide and deep—this is their only grave !
Such is their last, dishonored sleep, by rapid Holston's wave.
Mark how they place them, tier on tier,— a mingled pyre of woe!
Hark ! 'tis the moist red earth ye hear, that falls on earth below.

Poor wretches! they have died in vain, foes to their native land,

And treason's blot shall darkly stain their names while time shall stand.

For them shall flow no nation's tears — no monument shall rise,

To proudly mark, through future years, the spot the traitor lies.

Fort Saunders, let thy honored height be sacred evermore,
That backward rolled the rebel might, like waves from rock-bound shore.
Let hist'ry tell, with glowing page, of those who bled for thee ;
Their monument from age to age, thy battlements shall be !
Dec. 9, 1863.

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